"I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use -- silence, exile, and cunning." -- James Joyce

An Army of One

I've ridiculed before the Army's slogan, which suggests that the government military is a bastion of individuality and free expression. On the back of some magazine spam I got at school, there is a full page Army ad that shows a dad with his hand on his young son's shoulder. The caption says:

YOU TAUGHT HIM ABOUT RESPECT, HONOR AND COURAGE. IS IT ANY SURPRISE THAT NOW HE WANTS TO USE THEM?